First time fragger
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Topic: First time fragger
Posted By: Helipirate
Subject: First time fragger
Date Posted: December 25 2013 at 9:45pm
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I have a frag of 7 red hornets and 6 sunny d's. I have never fragged before and was wondering if I need to have a bigger colonies first before I frag? If I can frag them should I cut them into a bunch of individual frags or just in a set of 3 or 4 polyps? Does the original colony need a few polyps left to survive or is 1 enough? ------------- http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65068&title=helipirates-38-g-nuvo |
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Posted By: phys
Date Posted: December 25 2013 at 10:55pm
| personally, I would give it more time... Others do frag when they're that few. Do it right and safe for a good survival rate. |
Posted By: Ann_A
Date Posted: December 25 2013 at 11:22pm
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I've fragged from small mini colonies like that without problems but the majority of the time there is loss when doing something like that. I would wait until you have larger colonies to frag just for added safety and increased survival rates, as phys said. ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53856&title=annes-65g-rsm-reef" rel="nofollow - RSM 250 Reef |
Posted By: Helipirate
Date Posted: December 26 2013 at 9:19pm
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Well no use in killing the few that I have. Thanks! ------------- http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65068&title=helipirates-38-g-nuvo |
Posted By: phys
Date Posted: December 26 2013 at 10:37pm
| yea, be patient with your corals and you'll have better success. Plus, the more you have, the more you can sell lol |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: December 27 2013 at 11:08am
And larger colonies grow faster. |
phys wrote: